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App Store for the Mac: Will It Be a Home Run?

The iPhone and iPad app store has been a huge success for Apple. Can Steve Jobs make lightning strike a third time -- on the Mac? Here's why it may be a little more difficult.READ»

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RIM Parlays Near BlackBerry Ban Into UAE Government Partnership

Research In Motion just landed a deal to bring advanced egovernment services to the United Arab Emirates, just days after the end of a highly public spat between RIM and the Emiratis. What changed?READ»

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Inside "Tower Madness": iOS Developers Reveal Secrets of In-App Purchasing

Mobile apps are hot news in the business world, and recently the evolving sales models have had a lot of media attention. So we sought out the developers behind one very successful app to ask their thoughts, and it's fascinating stuff.READ»

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Forget Advertising: In-App Purchasing Is Where the Dollars Are At

New data demonstrates that consumers are happy to make purchases within an app they've already bought. Indeed, that revenue is starting to dwarf advertising income.READ»

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Finally, "Paperboy" and "Airwolf" Maker Brings 8-bit Games to iPhone, iPad

The ZX Spectrum Elite App, from the company that kicked off the 1980's home computer revolution, reinvigorates the 8-bit games rage for the Apple generation.READ»

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Can Smartphone Apps Make a Difference to Your Life?

Lady Geek TV bring you an online weekly App show that navigates you through practical smartphone apps that make a difference to your life! Each episode we put an App to the test. Check out our episode on fitness where we ask, "Can an App really make you fit?"READ»

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TaintDroid Tracks Leaks of Personal Data to Ad Firms

The unfortunately named (and, yes, SFW) app is the internal affairs cop of the Android app store.READ»

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How Wireless Technology Will Change Global Health

There is a slick new television commercial advertising Apple's iPad. It includes a cool medical application that can be used for medical imaging. The advertisement shows a trend in medicine: in the last two years there has been an ...READ»

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The Palestinian Conflict, Settled on Your iPhone

A new app called Facts on the Ground lets users track settlements in the West Bank -- and pushes the app world into political advocacy.READ»

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Verizon's Separate App Store Explained: Still Not Necessary

Verizon's own V CAST app store for Android is not very hotly anticipated, but the company's going full-steam ahead anyway. So what does it have to offer that the regular Android Market doesn't?READ»

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Google Docs Coming to iPad in "the Next Few Weeks" to Slap iWork Around

Google very casually announced today that iPad-compatible versions of Google Docs will be heading to Android and iPad soon. Could Docs upstage Apple's own iWork and make the iPad a true work machine?READ»

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Is Facebook Building a Phone? Possibly, But It Won't Be the "Facebook Phone"

This weekend, TechCrunch published a rumor that Facebook is secretly working on a new smartphone platform--the "Facebook Phone." After a somewhat cagey response from Facebook, we can make a guess at what this all means.READ»

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Apple TV: More Powerful Than You May Imagine

Apple's refreshed TV product hasn't yet hit the stores, and though it revealed some of its details, Apple's been quiet about the tech potential inside the tiny box. Now its secrets are leaking, and it looks promising.READ»

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iFive: Intel's Atom and Apps, Verion's V-Cast, Google's Me, Social Apps are Bad For You, HTC Tablet

Welcome to Wednesday: Shake off those dregs of sleepiness, and learn about today's news.READ»

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Only 13% of Adults Pay for Apps

A new study offers insight into how unpopular the app market is for adult cell phone owners.READ»

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From URLs to Apple Apps: A Brief History of Cybersquatting

Cybersquatters have a new target: App names on Apple's App store. Apple is trying to fight them off, but squatting has been a moneyspinning scourge since the dawn of the Interwebs.READ»

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Did Apple Just Open the Door to Adobe Flash on iPhone and iPad? [Updated]

Shock: Apple just pulled a surprising move, admitting it had made an error with overly strict developer guidelines. Then, a bigger shock: The new rules may permit Adobe's Flash to work on the iPhone and iPad.READ»

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Will Apple Let the VLC iPad App Survive?

The open-source, lightweight, plays-anything video and audio program VLC is finally coming to the iPad. This could mean a revolution in video and audio--but will Apple let it happen?READ»

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Major Brands Look to Point About, Zumobi, NellyMoser to Create Apps

A new class of developers ushers major brands into an app-centric world.READ»

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Resort Combines Facebook Places, Gowalla, Nike+ for Social Media Skiing

This winter, skiers and snowboarders will be hitting the the slopes in a whole new way. Rather than just flying through moguls or sailing off half-pipes, mountain-goers might soon be "checking in."READ»

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Is Hulu Plus Worth the Cost (and Commercials)?

Hulu Plus's $10 per month fee should give customers tons more content than the free version, right? Especially since the paid version has ads! But the numbers don't back that assumption up.READ»

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App Smackdown: Netflix vs. Blockbuster

Now that Netflix is available on the iPhone and iPod -- and Blockbuster is dominating Droid -- which movie rental giant will win the mobile market?READ»

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RIM Acquires Cellmania in Attempt to Salvage BlackBerry App World

BlackBerry's App World severely lags behind Apple's App Store and Android's Market. Could the acquisition of Cellmania change that?READ»

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How Mike Tyson and Chad Ochocinco Made the Ballsiest App on the Planet

Rock Software CEO John Shahidi on iPhone apps, Kobe Bryant, and eyebrow-shaving athletes.READ»

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iFive: Goggles Coming to iPhone, Google Ads Can't Fund Magazines, Cairn Energy, Smelling Robot, Russian Criminal Life

While you were sleeping, innovation was going retrofuturistic with posters like this--and these.1. Dave Petrou, an engineer on the Google Goggles mobile image search project, revealed that a Goggles app for iPhone is in the works. He ...READ»